Uzbek dancers performed during the festivities marking Navruz, the New Year holiday, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tuesday. Navruz dates back to ancient Iranian and Central Asian celebrations of the spring equinox with dances and food.
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A procession of Catholics in Antigua, Guatemala, on March 17 marked the fifth Sunday of Lent, the solemn period before Easter. An estimated 80,000 people were in attendance.
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A woman walked past a Falla Tuesday, in Valencia, Spain. The Fallas festival celebrates the arrival of spring with fireworks, fiestas and bonfires made from large puppets.
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Kyrgyz horsemen took part in the traditional goat-dragging competition as part of Navruz celebrations in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Tuesday.
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Revelers were covered in colored flour and powders during the Holi One festival in Cape Town, March 2. The event is inspired by the Hindu spring festival of color, Holi, which originated in India.
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People attacked a snow castle to celebrate Maslenitsa near the village of Novonekrasovsky, some 12 miles north of Moscow, March 17. Maslenitsa is widely viewed as a pagan holiday marking the end of winter, while the Eastern Orthodox Church considers it as the week of feasting before Lent.
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Painted eggs dried on the production line at Bavaria's colored eggs producer, Beham, in Thannhausen, Germany, March 18.
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A young boy wore an inflatable snake-hat on the second day of the Lunar New Year, also called the Spring Festival, in Beijing, China, Feb. 11.
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Iranians looked at goldfish in a street market in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday. Buying goldfish and flowers is one New Year's tradition for Iranians.
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Children marched in costumes during a parade at the traditional 'Sommergewinn' spring festival in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany, March 17.
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Volker Kraft decorated a tree with around 10,000 Easter eggs in his family's garden in Saalfeld, central Germany, Tuesday. He and his wife Christa have been decorating their tree at Easter for more than 40 years.
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